Scott Hanson has hosted NFL RedZone for almost two decades, 17 seasons in and about to start his 18th. But before he became the guy narrating chaos on your TV every Sunday, he got rejected from his dream school twice, made $15,000 a year at his first TV job, and hit a breaking point at 25 that changed the entire direction of his life.

In this episode of Sons and Daughters, Scott opens up about getting rejected from Syracuse’s Newhouse School twice, then walking on to the football team just to force his way back in the door. He talks about his first job in Traverse City, Michigan, where he made so little money he couldn’t afford a washer and dryer. He gets into the perfectionism that still keeps him up at night over stats no one else even notices, even 30 years into his career. And he talks about the moment at 25 when his life quietly fell apart, and the phone call to a high school football coach that changed everything, down to the exact minute.

If you know Scott Hanson as the voice of NFL RedZone, this conversation shows the version of him nobody sees on TV: the rejections, the sacrifices, and the moment that changed the direction of his life.

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Six months before the crash that would end his driving career, Darrell Gwynn chose a charity for his sponsor to support and personally put the decal on his race car. He had no idea that, less than a year later, that same organization would help save his life.

A Top Fuel legend with 18 Top Fuel wins, 28 NHRA national event victories, nine Top Fuel records and a place among the 50 greatest drivers in NHRA history, Darrell Gwynn’s story starts long before the trophies.

On this episode of Sons & Daughters, we go back to the beginning. Darrell talks about learning to drive his dad Jerry’s ill-handling dragster at just seven years old, road trips to questionable tracks across the South, and the father-son partnership that meant Jerry was there for every single one of Darrell’s runs down the quarter mile.

We get into Darrell’s incredible 1990 season, which was shaping up to be his championship year, the exhibition run in England that changed everything, and the unbelievable chain of events that unfolded while Darrell was still in the hospital.

But this story doesn’t end with the crash.

Darrell opens up about finding a new purpose outside the driver’s seat, the second act he built for himself, and the people who helped him get there. He also shares the story behind his new photo book, Fortunate Son: My Life in Photos, releasing September 4.

This is a story about drag racing, but at its heart, it’s about a father and son, an unimaginable turning point, and finding a way forward when the life you knew changes forever.

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Colin Cowherd knew he wanted to be a sportscaster at 7 years old.

Growing up in Grayland, Washington, population 847, Colin’s mom gave him a tape recorder, and he started taking it to Mariners, Seahawks and Washington Huskies games to practice calling the action. That childhood obsession eventually became a career that took him from an AMC Pacer and a baseball convention in San Diego to the Radio Hall of Fame and, eventually, building The Volume, the media company he owns today.

On this episode of Sons & Daughters, Colin talks about the moments that shaped his career, including advice from a stranger at a casino bar that he still remembers 40 years later, leaving ESPN, his biggest fear on the air, and why being unprepared scared him more than being wrong.

He also opens up about his health scare, his approach to hiring, and what he’d tell the 7-year-old kid who first picked up that tape recorder.

It’s a conversation about knowing what you want early, staying ready when the opportunity comes, and building something that’s truly your own.

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